Harnischia Kieffer, 1921

Yan, Chun-Cai, Guo, Qin, Liu, Ting, Guo, Wei, Wang, Xin-Hua & Pan, Bao-Ping, 2016, Review of the genus Harnischia Kieffer from China (Diptera, Chironomidae), with description of one new species, ZooKeys 634, pp. 79-99 : 80

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Chironomidae

Harnischia Kieffer, 1921

Harnischia : Kieffer 1921: 273; Beck and Beck 1969: 296; Sæther 1971: 350; 1977: 89; Pinder and Reiss 1986: 326; Sasa 1989: 83; Cranston et al. 1989: 382; Langton 1991: 275; Wang 1995: 169; Rufer and Ferrington 2007: 82.

Type species.

Harnischia fuscimana Kieffer, 1921.

Diagnostic characters.

Adult male. The characters of superior and inferior volsellae vestigial and gonostylus broad and short, not attenuated from junction with gonocoxite will easily differentiate Harnischia adults from other genera in the subfamily Chironominae. Pupae. The medially interrupted hook row, pattern of armature on the tergites, absence of posterolateral comb on segment VIII and brush-like thoracic horn will differentiate the pupae from all the other chironomids.